Derek Dowsett is the Producer of the County Seat. Now entering his 11th season of the program, he has received what he considers a "Crash Course" in County Government.

Tom Mitchell, council for the Utah state school and institutional trust lands administration, Jason Gipson with the Army Corp. of Engineers and Dean Cox the Washington County Administrator join Terry Wood to talk about the questions that have come out of Southern Utah over who has permitting authority over the washes in Southern Utah . The discussion goes into detail of what the corps. job is as a permitting authority, the concerns of the county over the possibility of the corp. establishing authority over washes in Southern Utah, and the crux of the problem being who should manage the permitting, federal or state government.